Bill Text: MS HB1280 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mentoring programs; require SDE to establish for failing school districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB1280 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1280-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Education

By: Representative Gunn

House Bill 1280

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FAILING TO MEET ACCREDITATION STANDARDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The State Department of Education shall develop and implement a mentoring program for school districts failing to meet accreditation standards.  Under the program, each school district identified as not meeting accreditation standards which seeks to implement a new program or programs intended to improve the district's accreditation level shall be paired by the department with a high-performing school district that has implemented a similar program successfully.  District level administrators in the high-performing, or "mentor," district shall provide formal assistance to those persons holding comparable positions in the school district being mentored in establishing and implementing the program.

     (2)  The school district mentoring program is intended to provide school districts identified as not meeting accreditation standards with an effective and feasible alternative to employing outside consultants for the purpose of establishing and implementing new programs intended to improve the district's accreditation.  The State Department of Education is granted broad authority in the administration of the mentoring program and may take such actions as may be necessary to successfully assist a  district needing assistance in implementing programs of improvement with the most appropriate high-performing district.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.